Intentions to Marry, 1907 Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840433, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1907 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay (1907a), Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1907b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1907c).

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District of AUCKLAND Quarter ending 30 September 1907 Registrar Edmund Humphrey Lyons

Date of Notice

Names and Surnames of Parties

BDM Match

Condition

Calling or Profession

Age

Dwelling Place

Length of Residence

Marriage Place

Folio

Consent

Date of Certificate

Officiating Minister

814

1 September 1907

Edwin Arthur Neely
Ada Martha Jones-Prichard

Edwin Arthur Neely
Ada Martha Jones-Prichard
💍 1907/3468

Bachelor
Widow

Officer, Mercantile Marine

25
32

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
13 years

House of bride, Bridge Street

07/4553

11 September 1907

Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

No	814
Date of Notice	1 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Arthur Neely	Ada Martha Jones-Prichard
	💍 1907/3468
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Officer, Mercantile Marine
Age	25	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	13 years
Marriage Place	House of bride, Bridge Street
Folio	07/4553
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Walker, Church of Our Father

815

1 September 1907

Percy Algernon Ferrier Watson
Nesta Marian Kinder

Percy Algernon Ferrier Watson
Nesta Marian Kinder
💍 1907/4930

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician

32
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
21 years

St. John's College Chapel, Tamaki

07/4422

11 September 1907

Rev. W. Beattie, Church of England

No	815
Date of Notice	1 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Algernon Ferrier Watson	Nesta Marian Kinder
	💍 1907/4930
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	21 years
Marriage Place	St. John's College Chapel, Tamaki
Folio	07/4422
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beattie, Church of England

816

13 September 1907

Henry James Bell
Mary Ann Crooks

Henry James Bell
Mary Ann Crooks
💍 1907/4972

Widower
Widow

Farmer

63
36

Auckland
Auckland

40 years
30 years

House of Mr. C. Gillard, Flat Bush

07/4441

13 September 1907

Rev. A. Doull, Presbyterian

No	816
Date of Notice	13 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry James Bell	Mary Ann Crooks
	💍 1907/4972
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	63	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	40 years	30 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. C. Gillard, Flat Bush
Folio	07/4441
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Doull, Presbyterian

817

13 September 1907

Arthur Ernest Burlton
Mary Winifred Livingstone-Byrne

Arthur Ernest Burlton
Mary Winifred Livingstone Byrne
💍 1907/4979

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

26
27

Auckland
England

1 year
20 years

Roman Catholic Church, Ellerslie

07/4471

13 September 1907

Rev. F. Buckley, Roman Catholic

No	817
Date of Notice	13 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Ernest Burlton	Mary Winifred Livingstone-Byrne
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur Ernest Burlton	Mary Winifred Livingstone Byrne
	💍 1907/4979
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	England
Length of Residence	1 year	20 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Ellerslie
Folio	07/4471
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Buckley, Roman Catholic

818

14 September 1907

Albert Tom Hoare
Violet McGregor

Albert Tom Hoare
Violet McGregor
💍 1907/5030

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanic

27
25

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
5 1/2 years

Baptist Church, Mount Eden

07/4584

14 September 1907

Rev. J. B. Sneyd, Baptist

No	818
Date of Notice	14 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Tom Hoare	Violet McGregor
	💍 1907/5030
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanic
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	5 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Mount Eden
Folio	07/4584
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Sneyd, Baptist

819

14 September 1907

Alfred Rogers
Alice Marianne Bray

Alfred Rogers
Alice Marianne Bray
💍 1907/4968

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
25

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
25 years

Presbyterian Church, Devonport

07/4437

14 September 1907

Rev. J. E. Bertram, Presbyterian

No	819
Date of Notice	14 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Rogers	Alice Marianne Bray
	💍 1907/4968
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Devonport
Folio	07/4437
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. E. Bertram, Presbyterian

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What is an Intention to Marry?

The 1854 Marriage Act required Pakeha settlers (and later Maori) to register their intention to marry from 1855. The resulting Notices of intention to marry were sent by the district registrars to the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages and bound into large volumes, each containing a year of notices. These registers were eventually deposited with Archives New Zealand.

What information does an ItM record?

A typical Intention to Marry notice records:

the bride and groom's full names
occupation of the groom (and sometimes the bride)
their ages
district where the marriage would take place
how long they had resided in the district
Where the marriage would take place (eg, a specific church)
Who would officiate the marriage (eg, a minister)
The date of the notice and also a date when the certificate was issued. Marriages had to take place within 3 months, and usually occurred within a week or so of the certificate date.
If one of the parties was under 21, a parent who consented to their marriage was usually specified

These details can provide clues for genealogical and historical research. Knowing the date and district makes it easier to look for wedding notices in Papers Past, and the amount of time that the parties had resided in a district can offer clues to whether a person was born in NZ, or when they immigrated.

However, finding individual records in the Intentions to Marry registers was typically a slow and manual process, usually requiring an in-person visit to Archives NZ's Wellington office (during limited opening hours) and using a handwritten card catalogue index to look up individual names.

Eight years of the registers had been digitised by Archives NZ prior to 2024, but even these digital versions required the use of a manual index and usually examining several pages to locate specific records.

What is the Intentions to Marry Project?

This project aims to transcribe the New Zealand Intentions to Marry registers (from 1855 to 1925) with the assistance of new technology (AI), making the records freely available and easily searchable.

The ITM records have also been cross-referenced with the registered marriages at DIA Births, Deaths and Marriages, where possible (a small fraction of the recorded intentions to marry did not become a registered marriage).

Currently we have almost all records between 1855 and 1908. More registers are being added almost every week.

The project is led by Luke Howison, a web developer who made the free genealogical research search tool NZ Ancestor Search Helper and Archway-style Collections Search. There are also some wonderful volunteers assisting with digitising the registers.

Can I volunteer to help?

Yes, you can! You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

I am also looking for Wellington-based volunteers to help me digitise more years of the registers. I can provide lighting equipment and a 'clicker' (to trigger your phone's camera).

How is the transcription done?

There are several steps to digitising and transcribing the records:

Digitising the registers (taking clean, straight, high-quality photos)
Processing the digitised pages by straightening, cropping and sharpening the images
Transcribing each page with a combination of AI tools
Matching each ITM with a registered marriage when possible
Human verification of the transcribed information

The main LLM (AI) used are the Google Gemini Pro and Flash models, which have excellent 'Vision' capabilities, and a generous free tier.

Archives NZ has released the register years they have digitised (1865-69, 1872, 1874 and 1880) under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.

The Intention to Marry registers (up to 1925) are more than 100 years old, so their Crown Copyright has expired, putting them in the public domain. This also applies to any 'mechanical reproductions' (eg, pictures or photocopies) of their content without substantial alteration.

The transcribed records on this website are released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal license, which allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes, while giving credit to the creator (NZ Intentions to Marry Project).